Director of Software Development, Platform at MaintainX | Toronto, CAN | Rezi

Director of Software Development, Platform at MaintainX

Director of Software Development, Platform

MaintainX · Toronto, CAN

2 months ago

Director of Software Development, Platform

MaintainX · Toronto, CAN

2 months ago
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About the Role

Lead MaintainX's Platform division, which includes seven foundational teams, to define how a high-growth engineering organization operates at scale. This manager-of-managers role focuses on owning the roadmap, setting engineering standards, and driving the AI-native platform strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering, setting division-level priorities and managing cross-team dependencies.
  • Lead and develop Software Development Managers, coaching them on people development, technical judgment, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Set engineering standards for all product teams, including framework conventions, reliability targets, compliance posture, and CI/CD health.
  • Drive the AI-native platform strategy, ensuring the organization leverages AI Builder's capabilities.
  • Own division-level reliability, including SLO definitions, incident response frameworks, and on-call health.
  • Partner with the CTO and peer engineering leaders on organizational design, architectural decisions, and headcount planning.
  • Represent Platform Engineering to the business, translating infrastructure investments into engineering velocity, developer experience, and customer trust.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in engineering leadership.
  • 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams.
  • Technical depth in at least two of: distributed systems, backend or mobile frameworks, platform engineering, reliability engineering.
  • Track record of owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams at a growth-stage B2B SaaS company.
  • Demonstrated impact on engineering velocity.
  • AI-forward mindset, setting direction for teams building on LLMs and agentic workflows.
  • Systems thinker who identifies and eliminates organizational bottlenecks.
  • Strong communicator capable of representing platform complexity to stakeholders.

Skills

  • Distributed systems
  • Backend frameworks
  • Mobile frameworks
  • Platform engineering
  • Reliability engineering
  • AI-native strategy
  • LLMs
  • Agentic workflows
  • Organizational design
  • Architectural decisions
  • Headcount planning
  • Developer experience

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Director
  • Manager of Managers

Salary/Compensations

  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful equity opportunities

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program
  • Take what you need PTO

About the Company

  • MaintainX is the leading AI-powered Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform built for the modern world.
  • Our mission is to make the lives of blue-collar workers easier worldwide by providing intuitive, mobile-first software that helps teams keep the physical world running.
  • MaintainX powers operational excellence for 12,000+ businesses including Duracell, Univar Solutions Inc., Titan America, McDonald's, Brenntag, Cintas, Xylem, and Shell.
  • We recently completed a $150 million Series D round, bringing our total funding to $254 million and valuing the company at $2.5 billion.
  • We’re redefining how maintenance and operations teams work—transforming maintenance from a cost center into a strategic lever for growth.
  • MaintainX fuses enterprise strength with consumer simplicity, empowering organizations to boost reliability, performance, and efficiency.
  • Our product is truly life-changing for that 80% of the workforce who doesn’t work behind a desk and needs enterprise-grade software at their fingertips.

Equal Opportunity

  • MaintainX is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.